T.J. Ford scored 21 points, Jose Calderon had 18 points and 13 assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Orlando Magic, 108-94, last night in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Dwight Howard had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic, which leads this best-of-seven Eastern Conference series, 2-1. Hedo Turkoglu added 24 points and Rashard Lewis had 19.

Jamario Moon had 11 points and 10 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup for Toronto, while Chris Bosh and Jason Kapono each scored 15 points and Anthony Parker 10.

The Raptors finished 12 for 34 from 3-point range and set playoff highs for points in a game and a half (61).

Game 4 is tomorrow afternoon in Toronto.

Keith Bogans had 12 for the Magic, which trailed by as many as 23.

Orlando guard Jameer Nelson collapsed with back spasms as he was walking back the locker room after the game and was seen writhing on the floor in pain. Hampered by foul trouble, Nelson went 2 for 8 and scored six points, all in the fourth quarter.

The Raptors were unable to overcome double-digit deficits in the first quarter of Games 1 and 2, and were determined to start better at home.

With Moon back in the starting lineup in place of Rasho Nesterovic, the Raptors had the energy they needed. Down 6-2 early, Toronto responded with a 16-3 run over the next four minutes. Moon capped it with a breakaway dunk, forcing Orlando to call timeout trailing, 18-9.

With his teammates struggling, Howard's inside dominance kept Orlando close. He had 13 points and five rebounds in the opening frame, but Toronto led, 28-20, after 12 minutes.

Besides Howard, the Magic shot 3 for 15 in the opening quarter.

The Raptors pulled further away in the second, holding Howard to just two points and finishing the half with a flurry sparked by Ford.

Ford played just 3 1/2 minutes in the quarter but made the most of them, scoring 11 points. Ford drained jumpers on three consecutive trips and Bargnani added a 3-pointer as the Raptors reeled off a 9-0 run, pushing their lead to 56-35.

Bosh didn't make his first field goal until a breakaway dunk with 12 seconds left in the first half, putting Toronto up, 61-38. Carlos Arroyo replied with a layup to make it 61-40 at the break.

Lewis opened the third with back-to-back 3-pointers and had 12 points in the quarter as Orlando outscored Toronto, 29-19, cutting the gap to 80-69 heading into the fourth.

Nelson picked up his fourth foul less than two minutes into the third and headed to the bench. Joining him there later was Howard, who was whistled for three fouls in the third, two of them offensive, and was replaced by Marcin Gortat with 1:39 remaining.

The Magic started 0 for 7 from beyond the 3-point line. Keith Bogans snapped the skid with a 3 with 2:45 left in the first quarter. Howard, who was 14 for 20 from the free-throw line in the first two games of the series, went 3 for 8 last night.

Toronto outrebounded Orlando, 42-34.

• Wizards 108, Cavaliers 72: LeBron James went up for the shot and had the ball stripped cleanly by Caron Butler, who went the length of the court for a dunk that gave Washington a 29-point lead. That's right. No contact on the play. Even James couldn't call it "Hack-a-Bron." James was beaten on the play and he knew it, much the same way his Cleveland Cavaliers beaten soundly by the Washington Wizards.

Maybe it was the haircuts. Maybe it was Soulja Boy sitting on Row 1. Or the sight of Colin Powell in a Wizards "White Out" T-shirt. Or just the comfort of being home. Or the inspiration of having Gilbert Arenas in the starting lineup, even though he limped out of the game in the first half and might be done for the series. Actually, there were plenty of reasons the Wizards routed their playoff nemesis in a party at the Verizon Center. DeShawn Stevenson and Butler found their games. James didn't have his. And, yes, those 15 first-half Cleveland turnovers had a lot to do with it, too.

Stevenson had a "can't-feel-my-face" 19 points, Butler scored 17 -- highlighted by an incredible layup move in the first half -- and the Wizards shot 52 percent and took themselves off the ropes by cutting Cleveland's lead to 2-1 in the first-round series. One game after setting a franchise playoff record with a 30-point win in Game 2, the Cavaliers set another team postseason mark by losing by 36. The margin of victory also set a Wizards franchise playoff record.